CCC match reports and update

Friday night saw Chris's Birmingham in a pretty pink visit Pete's Leicester.  The visitors gave Pete the lead gifting them an own goal but Birmingham equalised early in the second half.  Pete's team regained the lead but a controversial 90th minute penalty for Birmingham meant the game finished a 2-2 draw.

In Saturday's early kick off Ted's Sheffield Wednesday lead the first half 1-0. But perhaps it was an inspiring half-time team talk by Leed's new manager Brian McDermott that resulted in Dave's team playing a more attacking game in the second half and they won 2-1 at home after two goals in 6 minutes by Luke Varney.

At the top Keith’s Cardiff came closer to securing promotion with a 3- 0 home win against Mick’s Forest who were down to 10 men in the first half after a sending off for violent conduct.  Amy’s Hull kept pace with a 1-2 away win at Jan’s Ipswich but Scott’s Watford fell short losing 3-2 at Peterborough.  Scott’s team were 2-0, reduced to 10 men and then let in a third before battling back with two late goals.

Margs’ Bolton added to Kelly’s misery beating her Bristol City team 1-2 away. Sue’s Wolves were confirmed second from bottom after some shocking defending allowed Andy’s Huddersfield to take away the three points with a 1-3 away win; two goals scored in two minutes by Beckford.  The final score line had already been achieved by the time Sue’s O’Hara received a red card.  Shirley’s Blackburn achieved her first win in eleven games with a 2-0 win over Jim’s Derby moving her slightly up the table.  There was a 1-0 home win for Lyn’s Blackpool over Anna’s Burnley and Dan took the points away from Colin’s Middlesbrough after a 0-2 win.  Jane got the score line of the day as her Charlton team scored 6 away at Barnsley with just one in reply for the home team. 

Paula didn’t play as the fixture was scheduled against Millwall who were fighting in the FA Cup.  Paula and Shirley have a game in hand over the other teams.   

	April 14th
	Team	Pts	Who	Pence in the pound
1	Cardiff	83	Keith	0p
2	Hull	77	Amy	0.3p
3	Watford	71	Scott	0.8p
4	Crystal Palace	66	Paula	1.4p
5	Brighton	65	Dan	1.6p
6	Bolton	63	Margs	2.1p
7	Nottm Forest	63	Mick	2.1p
8	Leicester	61	Pete	2.7p
9	Charlton	57	Jane	4.1p
10	Leeds United	55	Dave	4.8p
11	Middlesbrough	55	Colin	4.8p
12	Birmingham	54	Chris	5.3p
13	Blackpool	54	Lyn	5.3p
14	Burnley	54	Anna	5.3p
15	Derby	54	Jim	5.3p
16	Ipswich	53	Jan	6p
17	Sheff Wed	53	Ted	6p
18	Huddersfield	51	Andy	7.5p
19	Blackburn	50	Shirley	8.2p
20	Wolves	48	Sue	9.9p
21	Bristol City	40	Kelly	16.5p